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Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina

Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina

1937 · 87 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

A Young man from a wealthy family hide them his attraction for tango culture of arrabal. In a milonga he fell in love with Mirella and he have a knife fight with all others guapos that want her, he won. Time pass and Mirella became a mistress but this situation is unstable because of the society prejudices.

Directed by Manuel Romero · Written by Mario Bernard

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